'MasterChef: The Professionals' serves 2.7m on BBC Two

MasterChef: The Professionals drew in 2.72m (10.9%) last night from 8pm on BBC Two, according to overnight figures.

The cooking show was preceded by another instalment of Heir Hunters, which earned 1.44m (6.3%), while Rev and Life's Too Short were watched by 1.24m (4.9%) from 9pm and 1.04m (4.2%) from 9.30pm respectively.

BBC One's DIY: SOS: The Big Build ended up with 3.14m (12.6%) in the 8pm hour. The Manor Reborn took 3.17m (12.7%) from 9pm, and Question Time got 2.7m (21.1%) thinking from 10.35pm.

Channel 4 saw The Ultimate Guide to Penny Pinching snatch 1.44m (5.8%) from 8pm (+1: 130k/0.5%), followed by Living with the Amish with 1.54m (6.1%) from 9pm (+1: 258k/1.4%). The Joy of Teen Sex attracted 675k (3.85%) from 10pm (+1: 110k/1.2%).

Over on Channel 5, The Mentalist was seen by 1.41m (5.6%) in the 9pm hour, with It's All About Amy taking 506k (2.8%) afterwards. Highland Emergency had 630k (2.6%) from 7.30pm and 707k (2.95%) turned up for Fairground Attractions from 8pm.

ITV1 won primetime on Thursday with a share of 28.1% (+1: 1%) ahead of BBC One with 16.5%. BBC Two had 6.8%, Channel 4 finished with 4.8% (+1: 0.7%) and Channel 5 grabbed 3.2%.

On the multichannels, The Big Bang Theory got 791k (3.2%) from 8pm on E4 (+1: 227k/0.9%), while the UEFA Europa League football was attended by 1.01m (4.2%) from 7.30pm on ITV4.